1. Palm oil free (severe environmental destuction especially orangutan habitat) - usually listed as vegetable oil, palm oil, sodium lauryl sulphate, sodium lauryl palmate. Different to the palm used for palm sugar.
2. Animal welfare - animal testing, animal products (very small amounts of animal products used)
3. Local products over non-local products
4. Low processing over highly processed
5. Organic over non-organic (when we can afford it)
6. Fair-trade - forgot that one.
I also try to avoid companies that mislead in their marketing and advertising, legal or not.
Astrid, we usually buy Sungold milk not just for the locally owned part but coz its the best tasting milk, as for their juices, I buy it for myself but my kids drink water, they get 1 glass of cordial a day and then water the rest of the day then strawberry milk with tea.
I dont really think etically either, I go for taste & comfort
As I said in the organic thread, I DO.NOT.BUY. fruit, veges or meat from the supermarket because of the way supermarket chains treat farmers and producers. As far as companies go I'm a bit clueless but we aren't really buying much in the way of food from the supermarket these days.
All our fresh food comes from the farmers' market
We have a dude, Johnno, who grows on his property not too far away. His food is all organic, and comes straight from the source, no middle man involved. We buy whatever he's got first, then "fill in the gaps" from a Cambodian market gardener at the same market, whose produce is SO fresh, but maybe not organic.
We go without a shopping list, and just buy whatever looks amazing. It forces us to be more creative in the kitchen, and ensures that we are getting a variety of fresh foods in season.
P.S. Bath, I didn't mean to make you feel bad about the free/fair trade thing! I used to mix them up ALL the time too!
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changed "free" to "fair" in my sentence about liking FAIR trade chocolate!
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